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Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / / by: Viking

By: Seife, CharlesMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York Viking c2010Description: 295 p., [8] p. of plates ill., maps 22 cmISBN: 9780670022168; 0670022160Subject(s): Mathematics -- Miscellanea | Politics | Pseudoscience | პოლიტიკაDDC classification: 510 LOC classification: QA99 | .S45 2010Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Sample text
Contents:
Proofiness -- Phony facts, phony figures -- Rorschach's demon -- Risky business -- Poll cats -- Electile dysfunction -- An unfair vote -- Alternate realities -- Propaganda by the numbers -- Appendix A. Statistical error -- Appendix B. Electronic voting -- Appendix C. The prosecutor's fallacy.
Summary: The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.

Proofiness -- Phony facts, phony figures -- Rorschach's demon -- Risky business -- Poll cats -- Electile dysfunction -- An unfair vote -- Alternate realities -- Propaganda by the numbers -- Appendix A. Statistical error -- Appendix B. Electronic voting -- Appendix C. The prosecutor's fallacy.

The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives

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